Numismatic Enthusiast Mugs

Passage of the Bland Silver Bill: Columbia Rebukes Uncle Sam

$0.13 saved is $0.13 earned. A penny adjusted for inflation from 1737 to today...

A Convention of Coin Collectors.

A result of change being left in your pocket too long.

The Life of Pi

Contrary to popular belief, the road to Hell is paved with a comprehensive, lifetime tax return.

Barcode on Ancient Greek Vase

"Six out of ten statisticians prefer to be in the majority."

Staff Yearbook

'According to our fact finding committee, our stock won't be worth a dime this quarter.'

Us. Everyone else. My research shows that we are the only statistics company sill using pie charts displayed on an easel.

But under a different accounting convention ...

"The last one is Uncle Charlie. He was pardoned in 1987."

1. 0. 5. 6. He'd be nothing without her. (Published originally on June 11, 2008.)

Warning: Math Ahead!

'Do I remember pre-decimal coinage?I remember pre-Tudor coinage!'

'But if you need someone for the intangibles...'

Reign Man

Doulton Canada Geese

Boss. The boss treats me like a number, and not a prime one.

Pork Bellies.

'...And it comes with valuable coupons toward your next purchase.'

"The accounting change that contributed most to the quarter was adding three zeros to the revenue number."

"People mistakenly think that we accountants are all boring number crunchers, but the latest figures show that 54% of the 23% of people who responded to a survey were 45% in favour of us being 12% more interesting than average!"

'This red line indicates the change in this red line over a period of time,'

Target setting: 'What about 38%, we haven't used 38% for a while.'

'And here's the crown jewel of the collection. It's an '86, totally organic, and the UK Bag Manufacturers' Association rates it a 99.'

"Profits are up 20%, but unfortunately costs are up 50%."

57th Birthday balloons

"I think the idea behind coin collecting is to get one of each kind, not all of the same kind!"

My husband is a world expert, but unfortunately it's only on maganese bronze.

'You're not just a number to me, Abercrombie -- you're an irrational number!'

'If they weren't so damned good we might feel a bit more excited about the figures.'

'The good news is we've readjusted our expectations.'

'...or you could fill out this Form 666 and get a filing extension for all eternity.'